Some ... question arising out of checking on the several naval-treaties as listed here by @Shadow Master .
How or as what were the french large destroyers (Guépard-class, Aigle-class, Vauquelin-class, le Fantasque-class) classified according to the LNT of 1930 ?
They were clearly above the 1.880 metric tons weight-limit (~2400 - ~2600 t) as well as above the 5.1" calibre-limit sporting their 5,5 (or 5,46)" guns.
These requirements were ... "eased" in 1936 but until then all the ships named above were built.
Technically they should have been declared "cruisers class b.". ... Were they ? Does anybody has some knowledge of ?
The cruiser/destroyer provisions of the London Naval Treaty explicitly applied only to the US, Japan, and Great Britain. To quote the opening of Part III of the treaty:That is actually a pretty good catch!
They do indeed seem to be over the limit, I wonder how that happened? Were they built later on, or between 1930-1936?
EDIT:
Guepard built 1927-1931
Aigle built not known when laid down, but some launched before the 1LNT went into effect on Oct 27th, 1930.
Vauquelin completed in 1933-1934
Le Fantasque all seem to have been launched in 1933-1934.
I have to say I hate the French fleet wiki pages, the information is not in the same format, nor even all there, compared to other navies of the times.
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I have yet to restart my "Guns of Jutland" database, where I will make charts/tables for all the Dreadnought class battleships built, sorted by the nation that built them. When my HDD on my Win XP computer crashed, I lost all the work I had done. I had not finished all the ships for the UK/US/KM/MN/RM, let alone all the others, but it still was a bit loss.
Have you done many checkups on ship classes?
The President of the United States of America, His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, have agreed as between themselves to the provisions of this Part III: